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Lunchtime Fix: 6 things you need to know

Catch up as you refuel.

WHAT’S THE STORY?

1. FORMER Anglo executives Pat Whelan and Willie McAteer will have to complete 240 hours of community service over the next year, after a judge handed down the maximum terms.

2. ALSO in court today, businessman Anthony Lyons was sent back to prison for 18 months after the Criminal Court of Appeal ruled his initial sentence for sexual assault was unduly lenient.

File photo: Anthony Lyons sentenced to six years, with four suspended Anthony Lyons, pictured with sunglasses and phone, in 2012. Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

3. IT’S been a bad morning for public sector workers who woke up to news that their salaries were not paid into their accounts because of a Bank of Ireland glitch.

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4. WATER charge proposals from the regulator have been announced with the average cost for a household looking like it will be €278, higher than what the government had claimed.

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5. THERE are fears that the death toll from today’s landslide in India could reach 150.

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6. 400 complaints were received by the Medical Council last year. Meanwhile, one in 10 young doctors exited the Irish register.

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